MUS 111 Chapter 21

Who composed Clouds?

What instrument introduces a "haunting" motive that occurs many times throughout Clouds?

The performing forces in Clouds consist of:

What mood is created by the clarinets' and bassoons' descending chords of Clouds?

The cloud theme in Clouds is represented in the beginning by:

Which texture(s) do you hear in Clouds?

Which musical element is the clearest in Clouds?

Who composed The Rite of Spring?

The Rite of Spring is a(n):

The opening theme of The Rite of Spring is played by the:

The performing forces in The Rite of Spring consist of:

What instruments seem to dominate the first minute of The Rite of Spring?

The rhythms and tempo of "The Game of Abduction" in The Rite of Spring seem to create a mood that is:

What do you hear at various times in the "Round Dances of Spring" of The Rite of Spring?

What is heard at the end of the "Round Dances of Spring" of The Rite of Spring?

Who composed Pierrot lunaire?

The performing forces in "Night" in Pierrot lunaire consist of:

"Night" in Pierrot lunaire is:

In "Night" in Pierrot lunaire, the image of "giant black butterflies" from the poem is evoked by the:

The vocal technique heard in "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire is:

The performing forces in "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire consist of:

The texture of "The Moonfleck" in Pierrot lunaire is:

The first phase of avant-garde music emerged in:

The first phase of avant-garde music lasted from:

Three of the leading first-phase modernist composers were:

Which statement about Debussy is false?

What characterizes Debussy's use of tone color?

What characterizes Debussy's treatment of melody?

The nationality of the composer of three Nocturnes is:

Debussy's three Nocturnes are titled:

The haunting, recurring English horn motive in Clouds is based on a(n):

Debussy's approach to musical form in Clouds is:

The first ballet by Stravinsky was:

Two nonmusical influences on Debussy's style were:

Debussy's enduring contributions to twentieth-century music were in the areas of:

Debussy wrote music criticism. In it, his ________ views concerning ________music were clear.

The premier of The Rite of Spring was famous for:

The events in The Rite of Spring involve:

One of the devices used by the composer in The Rite of Spring is:

A repeating figure that serves to unify works by composers such as Stravinsky and Debussy is called a(n):

Which statement about The Rite of Spring is false?

The Rite of Spring does not include:

Stravinsky was influenced early in his career by:

The major works of Stravinsky's early period were:

Which American musical style caught Stravinsky's ear?

The artistic movement that came about after World War I and that signified a rejection of Romantic emotionality and a return to the styles of earlier composers was:

For a time Stravinsky composed in the ________ style.

Toward the end of his career, Stravinsky wrote music in the ________ style.

The expressionist musical style took root mainly in:

The leading expressionist composer was:

The main contribution of expressionist composers was:

Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg are often referred to as:

Which statement about Pierrot lunaire is true?

A combination of song and speech is called:

In what genre is Pierrot lunaire?

Arnold Schoenberg was a very creative composer who also expressed himself through:

Which statement about Schoenberg is false?

The two famous pupils of Schoenberg were:

Arnold Schoenberg invented a method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others. This method is called:

Schoenberg's way of imposing order on "emancipated" elements of music resulted in________.

The composers of the Second Viennese School believed that the chromaticism of Wagner had led them to: